Diplomatic-Crisis

NSA Monitored Angela Merkel's Phone and 35 Other World Leaders

2013-10-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Guardian newspaper reported, citing documents obtained from Edward Snowden, that the National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The leaked NSA memo, dated October 2006, revealed that senior U.S. government officials …

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Russia Grants Snowden Temporary Asylum After 39 Days in Moscow Airport

2013-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

After spending 39 days confined to the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia for one year on August 1, 2013. Russian authorities had restricted Snowden to the airport terminal after observing that U.S. authorities had …

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